A Bachelor, In My Opinion, Is Only

Our Riches, Being In Our Brains, Die With Us... Unless Of Course Someone Chops Off Our Head, In Which Case, We Won't Need Them Anyway.

My Fatherland Has Always The First Claim On Me.

Music Must Never Offend The Ear, But Must Please The Listener, Or, In Other Words, Must Never Cease To Be Music.

I Love It When An Aria Fits A Singer As Perfectly As A Suit Of Well-tailored Clothes.

I Too Had To Work Hard, So As Not To Have To Work Hard Any Longer.